Auction house Christie’s auctioned the picture of the Ukrainian avant-garde artist Kazimir Malevich estimated at $ 9-13 million. The product, entitled Landscape, dated 1911, will be offered at the auction in the format “The Art of Impressionism and Modernism,” which Christie’s holds in London on June 20th.
“The fact that this is one of the most extensive works of the early stage of the artist’s work emphasizes its significance as the crucial starting point for his future artistic career. It was thanks to Landscape and his other works that he first attracted the serious attention of the then critics” , – said in Christie’s.
This work was first exhibited at the Moscow Salon in February-March 1911. The following year, she was exhibited as part of an exhibition of the St. Petersburg Union of Youth, where Malevich represented a radical artistic association “Oslyachiy Tvist”. In 1927, an exhibition of the best works by the artist took place in Berlin, including the “Landscape” that remained in Berlin after the return of Malevich to the Soviet Union.
The work was discovered after the war and acquired by the Basel Art Museum, where it was more than 50 years before it was returned to the heirs of the artist. For auction, the picture is exhibited from a private collection.
Following the modern art museum, Mori Building together with teamLab launched a new museum with interactive installations created with the help of cutting-edge technologies.
“Waterfall from the drops” shows how small drops can cause a lot of movement.
Even during the lifetime of the developer, billionaire and patron of art Minori Mori, on the upper floors of one of the buildings of his company in Tokyo, the Mori Art Museum opened with works of contemporary art, including Ai Weiwei and Bill Viola. Continuing this successful endeavor, the Mori Building team recently opened a museum with a unique interactive exposition where the visitor can travel through the unreal, imaginary worlds created with the help of the latest digital technologies.
Images freely flow in space and “enter into relationships and relationships with people, communicate with other works, influence one another and sometimes mix with each other.” Installations with romantic names “Born from the darkness of a beautiful loving world” or “The world can be comprehended without order – dancing people and animals without borders” are constantly developing projections that completely fill the space. Thanks to computers that generate images, they react in real time to the presence of a person and mutate.
In “Leaping Universe” visitors can jump on a trampoline among galaxies and planets. Photo: Digital Art Museum
A separate part of the museum is “Sport Forest”, it is devoted to physical activity. Here, digital technologies are combined with different attractions. Visitors can jump on a trampoline among galaxies and planets, move around suspended in the air planks between virtual birds or climb up, clutching at glowing gems.
After inspecting the museum, you can take your breath away from the impressions during tea drinking – and at the same time get new ones: digital flowers will blossom right in the cup, but exactly as long as there is a drink in it.
The optical illusion is an error in the visual perception caused by inaccuracy or inadequate processes of unconscious correction of the visual image. Sometimes we can not see what is not really.
Fraser’s Spiral
The author of the spiral is a psychologist James Fraser in 1908. The secret of illusion is that at first glance it seems that the picture depicts a funnel, but if you look – it’s not a solid line, but a number of circles of different sizes.
“Everything is a hustle and bustle”
What do you see in front of you – a woman near the mirror or skull? The mysterious picture of Charles Gilbert made a lot of noise in his time.
Circles of the Ebbinghaus
The illusion named after the name opened by German psychologist Herman Ebbinghaus. The deception is that two circles, identical in size, are located adjacent, around one of them are circles of a large size, while the other is surrounded by circles smaller, but the first circle seems less than the second.
Triangle of the Kaniza
By his illusion, the author of Gaetano Kaniza tried to prove that a person sometimes gives an incorrect assessment of reality – the viewer in this picture sees a white triangle that does not really exist.
Stairs Penrose
The impossible figure, developed by Lionel and Roger Penrose. In the case of visual movement on these stairs in one direction (counterclockwise), the person will rise infinitely, and when moving in the opposite direction – descend. And after completing the route, the viewer will be at the same point from which the movement began.
Illusion of Perception
At first glance, it seems that these soldiers have different growths, but take a closer look at the whole thing in our perception.
Duck or hare
Before you can appear like a duck and a hare – it all depends on the direction in which your view is directed.
Elephant
What’s wrong with this elephant? How many feet do you see? The feet themselves are erased and moved to the sides, so understanding this image is extremely difficult.
On the eve of the opening of the Art Basel Fair in Switzerland, data have been published illustrating the development of the situation on the local art market. According to him, the art market is gaining momentum, its turnover reached $ 1.2 billion a year.
According to the newspaper SonntagsZeitung, the market of works of art in Switzerland is taking off, its turnover increased during the reporting period by 15% per annum, that is, it grows faster than the average world figures. Such data are based on a study by an authoritative economist specializing in the art market of Claire McAndrew.
Together with the UBS Bank and the Art Basel Fair, an annual analytical report on the development of the Swiss and world art markets was published. Claire McAndrew stresses that business in this market is unstable, in the past few years his business situation has not developed in the best way, but now “in this market, especially in the higher price segment, there is a significant improvement, there are positive trends.
The Swiss art market is the fifth largest market in the world, the Swiss are among the most important customers. Art business is profitable outside of this industry, it brings significant profits to banks, insurance companies and logistics enterprises. Switzerland is also profitable from the point of view of infrastructure: tax warehouses of artifacts operate on its territory.
The rapid development of the Swiss art market is a consequence of political processes in the near European foreign countries. “The British art market is considered to be the most important in Europe, but Brexit sowed at him a mood of uncertainty and fear. According to UBS in 2017, this market grew by only 8%, and all because collectors do not yet understand how future trade in art between the EU and the UK will develop. In this situation, Switzerland is a wonderful, and, most importantly, a stable alternative, “says analyst Claire McAndrew.
No less difficult is the situation in Germany. In 2016 there came into force new legislative provisions regulating, and, more precisely, restricting and complicating the trade in art objects. In particular, the export of works of art from the country is now possible only after complex permitting procedures, so many collectors prefer to develop, multiply and save their treasures in Switzerland.
Actively active in the art business is banks and insurance companies. UBS Bank not only sponsors the Art Bassel Fair, but also arranges, for example, large exposures in Israel and Saudi Arabia. At vernissages and exhibitions, rich collectors appear in crowds – they are also potential new clients for the bank. The UBS Bank also finances an entire expert group of art historians and expert art historians. Only their bank customers can use their services, which put in their account for $ 50 million.
Approximately the same thing happens in the insurance market. The Allianz Suisse company notes that it currently has concluded private insurance contracts worth one billion Swiss francs. In recent years, the market for this type of insurance has grown at two-rate pace. Oliver Class, art expert at Allianz Suisse emphasizes that “the Swiss art market will continue to strengthen its position and increase its significance, and art dealers, gallerists and auction houses will continue to move to Switzerland.”
The police found the picture of Cookham from Englefield under the bed of the alleged offender. She was packed with bags of 3 kilos of cocaine and packs of ecstasy pills.
“Spencer is one of our most recognized artists and a true master of the 20th century. It’s great that everything has ended well and the picture has returned to the legitimate owners “, – shared the Minister of Culture Michael Ellis. It is known that the landscape was stolen from Stanley Spencer’s gallery in 2012. The art market is worth £ 1,000,000. In the museum, she was under a contract for rent.
Police reported that the owner and curators of the gallery were “devastated” with news about the disappearance of the work. Law enforcement agencies state that the circumstances in which the work was found emphasize the link between the theft of cultural heritage objects and the global criminal network. In the picture, Spencer depicted the region in which he was born and inspired him throughout the creative path. The works of the artist have received the status of national heritage, and he himself was awarded a knight title a year before his death.
The new town of Valley XL with an area of 400 hectares and worth $ 2.8 billion will be dedicated to art. It will be located outside the city of Chengde, 97 km from the capital, and will include exhibition halls, a museum, an exhibition area for residences and offices. China plans to allocate 18 billion yuan ($ 2.8 billion) for the construction of a new city of almost 1,000 acres dedicated to art. The project is declared as an “eco-city”, which will include the Museum of Modern Art, the area of art education and artists’ studios, as well as commercial and residential areas. Construction should begin in the second half of 2018.
Valley XL is named after the location of the project in Xinglong County, Hebei Province. By the way, the city will be built by two little-known companies – Shenzhen XL Culture Development and Guangdong Yuegang Investment Development. “Thanks to the large expansion of the art industries, it is hoped that Valley XL will create a long-term, stable, ecological community and a high-quality living environment for permanent creative practitioners and tourists,” the project said in a press release. China is building thousands of so-called cultural cities across the country to stimulate tourism and the local economy. However, it is not clear whether enough quality content is enough to fill all new places and exhibition spaces. Most of the projects are carried out by private developers who can obtain sufficient loans to finance construction. Also, it is not yet known how the developers of Valley XL will finance such a large-scale project. It is said that they will work in partnership with national and international arts institutes. By the way, curator Li Zhenhua is hired as an adviser on the culture of the valley. Lee is the founder of the Beijing Art Laboratory and curator of the Art Basel Hong Kong section. Valley XL is located in a small valley 97 km northeast of Beijing. It is located near the Great Wall and is surrounded by mountains, forests and lakes.
The unsuspecting owner brought a vase of the XVIII century in the auction house Sotheby’s in a shoebox. An unusually rare Chinese vase, which was found in the attic in France, will go under the hammer at the Sotheby’s Paris auction. Experts believe that it will be sold for $ 600 thousand – $ 1 million.
The unsuspecting owner brought the imperial vase “Yancay – Famille rose” of the XVIII century to Paris Sotheby’s in a small shoebox. It is worth noting that the experts of the auction house immediately recognized the high quality and sophistication of this work. The vase was in the family of the current owner for three generations and is believed to originally belonged to his uncle. According to experts Sotheby’s, the vase is the only known example of its kind. It was produced in China in the Jingdezhen oven for the emperor Qianlong (1735-1796). Famille rose or Yancai porcelain is almost never put up for sale, and most of the famous artifacts are in the collection of the National Palace Museum in Taipei or other public collections. The only comparable vase belongs to the Guimet Museum in Paris, although it differs slightly in the style of the painting. “Fine porcelain products, which have a direct connection with the great emperor Qianlong, are the most popular works of Chinese art. It’s amazing how such a work of art emerged from nowhere and is still in excellent condition, “said Henry Howard-Sneid, chairman of the Asian art department at Sotheby’s. According to Howard-Sneid, the reign of Emperor Qianlong is “the most glorious” time in modern Chinese history. The wealth of their empire would then be “envied by the whole world.” The Imperial Workshop produced only Yancai porcelain in extremely limited quantities and in most cases as the only items of its kind ordered (and in some cases also couples). The rare vase, which should be included in the auction block, depicts a landscape with deer and pine trees – symbols of health and longevity. Imperial stocks of the XVIII century list two pairs of vases with this design – one pair was made in 1765, and the other was ordered as a birthday present in 1769. Interesting! Another porcelain bowl Famille rose was recently sold at Hong Kong’s Sotheby’s for a staggering $ 30.4 million.
Auction House Sotheby`s arranges auctions, which will feature a well-known Henri Matisse’s painting entitled Portrait of Mrs. Hutchinson.
The experts appreciated the picture at £ 3,000,000. On a fairly simple work, which the artist performed with only a few lines, is reflected by Mary Hutchinson, the wife of a familiar artist who was part of the Bloomsbury band and had a romantic relationship with some of her members.
Hutchinson paid Mathis 8,000 francs for this portrait. He did not part with the work until his death. The picture was auctioned from the collection of their son, the late lawyer Jeremy Hutchinson. Matisse wrote that he managed to capture “some of the intricacies in the face of the model” and that he had pleasant memories of the meeting. Bidding will take place in June.
The works of art are attacked for various reasons – political, religious, or from anger and mental illness. But sometimes the destruction of another’s creation is seen as a way to create one’s own.
Painting by Ilya Repin “Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan” after the visitor’s attack on May 25, 2018. The State Tretyakov Gallery.
The most common reason for attacks on works of art is the expression of political protest. At least, the criminals themselves say that. On May 25 Igor Podporin hit the picture of Ilia Repin three times “Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan” with a solid fencing, having disagreed with the content of the canvas exhibited in the Tretyakov Gallery, which represents the Russian king as a crazy tyrant. Mary Richardson, in 1914, cut the entire “Venus with a Mirror” back to Velazquez in the London National Gallery to draw attention to the rights of women. In 1985, Bronius Meigis poured acid into Rembrandt’s “Danube” in the Hermitage and declared himself a Lithuanian nationalist. In 2009, a Russian woman dropped a souvenir mug at the “Gioconda” in the Louvre – the mug collapsed on the protective glass; according to one version, the reason was the refusal to obtain French citizenship.
In the second place in the vandals, raped religious and ethical feelings. One hundred years ago, apparently, they forced Abram Balashov to shout: “Pretty blood!” – Landing with the knife of the same “Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan”. The spectacle of Pieto Michelangelo in St. Peter’s Cathedral in Rome in 1972 caused the mentally unstable geologist to begin to crush the sculpture with a hammer, shouting: “I am Jesus Christ!” In 2016, Jock Storges’ work was poured into urine at the Lumiere Brothers Center in Moscow, suspecting the author of pedophilia . Robert Rauschenberg “Erased de Kooning Drawing”. 1953
There are many such cases. However, there are examples of destruction of paintings or damage to them in order to create a new artistic work. So to speak, vandalism is an artistic way.
The most brilliant example is the famous “Erased de Kooning Drawing” by Robert Rauschenberg. In 1953, Rauschenberg, one of the founders of pop art, showed at the exhibition work titled “The Stripped Figure de Kuninga”. Indeed, it was a piece of paper with Willem de Kooning’s pencil sketch (his Rauschenberg received as a gift from the author). The meaning and value of this experiment have long been refuted: it is an attempt to cast doubt on the idea of traditional art. And can an independent work destroy the work of another artist?
“Suprematist” (“White Cross”) (1920-1927) Kazimir Malevich after “dialogue” with Alexander Brener.
The Russian artist, Alexander Brener, allowed himself a much more radical gesture: in 1997, he painted a dollar sign on the green paint from the cannon on the suprematist “White Cross” by Kazimir Malevich. Since the case was in the Amsterdam Stedelayk Museum, while Malevich was worth several million, the art community was inclined to condemn this action and refused to accept the new work with dual authorship Malevich-Brener. The paint washed away, Brener sat. However, the idea turned out to be viable: a few years ago, a certain Vladimir Umants signed with his name the canvas of Mark Rothko to Tate Modern. Ai Weiwei beat the ancient Chinese vase; then another artist at the exhibition broke the vazai Ai Weiwei. In 1986, a certain artist cut into pieces the abstract canvas of Barnett Newman “Who is afraid of red, yellow and blue III” (also in the Stedelayk Museum). He was caught, he sat and returned nine years later to the museum to cut another picture.
“Improved” Jake and Dinos Chapmany portrait of an unknown artist of the 18th-19th centuries.
Modern British artists, the brothers Chapman, made a loud project with “improved” portraits of unknown (and insignificant) artists of the 18th-19th centuries from their own collection – they depicted characters on them, they painted strange nose and ears, raising their value tenfold.
A 19th-century Ecce Homo fresco, left, by artist Elias Garcia Martinez is seen on the walls of the Santuario de Misericordia de Borja Church in Zaragoza, Spain. An elderly woman damaged the artwork in a restoration, right, conducted without permission, according to media.
The case with “fluffy Jesus” turned out to be quite anecdotal – in the Spanish province, an elderly parishioner has so updated the head of Christ in the temple (in the composition “The man’s man” by artist Elias Garcia Martinez) that he became like a monkey shaggy. The image has become popular (they say, they even print on souvenir shirts) – while Martinez, who worked at the turn of the XIX-XX century, no one remembered.
Works of art are defenseless in front of the vandals, no matter what purpose they set before themselves, and no matter how glory they eventually reached. Even an act of sincere love can be detrimental – the traces of lipstick of the creator of expressionist Sai Twumbly could not be removed from the canvas exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Avignon.
The former wife of the American investor Bill Gross has managed to cleverly deceive her former husband, replacing Pablo Picasso painting to copy itself created, and the original recently sold at Sotheby’s for $ 36.9 million.
This is a picture of Picasso’s “Le Repos” (“Peace”), which depicts the mistress of the Spanish painter Marie-Teresa Walter. The New York Post found out how Sue Gross actually stole the man is a canvas by Picasso while demonstrating exceptional artistic talent.
“You took her, but did not leave an empty space on the wall, right?” – Asked lawyers Bill Gross. “No,” replied Sue, explaining that he made a replica of the picture and hung it on the wall. She did not inform her about what happened, because, according to her, at that moment they did not speak for 1.5 years and were in the process of divorce. Breaking a marriage is a matter of not one day, and in August 2017 the divorce process was still going on. It was then that the court ruled that Picasso’s “Le Repos”, owned by Gross since 2006, had to leave the ex-wife of a billionaire. Then Bill Gross began talks with his ex-wife about to give her the picture, which he thought at the time was at their home in California, sources told The New York Post. However, former Mrs. Gross said that this is not necessary – the original picture has long been with her.
Gross himself highly assessed the talents of his wife in painting. In a letter from 2015 for Janus Capital, where he is currently working, Gross admitted that his Sue was “an artist in their family.” “Sue loves to draw copies of some famous works using the projector to copy contours, and then just fill the gaps,” wrote Gross. “Why spend $ 20 million? I can draw it for $ 75, “Mrs. Gross once said. “A fabulous Picasso signed” Sue “hanging over the fireplace in our bedroom,” – recognized Bill Gross, referring to another picture of the Spanish artist.
Bill Gross in 1971 founded the investment company PIMCO and for a long time was its head. He retired in 2014 and joined Janus Capital, and in 2015 filed for PIMCO for illegitimate dismissal. The case was settled in March 2017 for $ 81 million, which went to the Sue Foundation and Bill Gross.
